Have fun and earn prizes with the St. Jude Math-A-Thon, a fundraiser that improves students' math skills and teaches the importance of helping others.
Do More with Math
Looking for a fun way to engage your students while helping others? St. Jude at School provides many fun and easy ways to fundraise for St. Jude Children Research Hospital® and engage your classroom with learning about empathy and helping others like those at St. Jude.
As an educator, you have a unique power to help students discover the difference they can make. Bring the St. Jude Math-A-Thon to your school, and experience an educational fundraiser that helps teach your students empathy while refining their academic skills.
1. Register easily online
Start by registering your school online. You'll receive an email with tips on how to get started, and more resources to share with your students in class.
2. Do the math
Use the St. Jude Math-A-Thon Funbook — created to integrate seamlessly into your existing curriculum — to guide your students through educational and fun math problems.
3. Kids help kids
Encourage your class to fundraise for the kids of St. Jude. Students and parents will create their online fundraising page to collect donations from family and friends.
St. Jude patient Yara
St. Jude patient Yara's Story
Yara was hospitalized with RSV and pneumonia in the fall of 2022 and could not get better, which led doctors to request more tests.
Yara, who was 3 years old at the time, was later referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Tests revealed that the little girl had SAMD9/SAMD9L syndrome, a rare disease caused by gene mutations. The bone marrow in patients with the syndrome cannot make enough blood stem cells.
Sometimes, the condition gets better on its own. Other times, it can develop into leukemia.
You're never too small to make a big impact*
The work St. Jude is doing today is only possible because of donors like you and your family. You help St. Jude focus on what matters most – saving kids.
I'd rather have a million people give me a dollar than one give me a million. That way you've got a million people involved.
St. Jude founder Danny Thomas
*When you make a donation using this information, your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures. Items listed here are representative of services and supplies that are part of the treatment and care of children at St. Jude. The cost of each item or service is an approximation and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs. Your donation will be used for the general operating needs of St. Jude, where no family ever receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.
$25
could help provide 29 elastic bandages for St. Jude patients.
$50
could help provide meals for two days for a St. Jude parent or family member in Kay Kafe, the St. Jude cafeteria.
$100
could help provide 1 red wagon for St. Jude patients.
$500
could help provide 66 No More Chemo/Radiation Parties
Event Leads
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Yes, please call (800) 386-2665 and an agent will help change your date. Please allow two weeks lead time for your fundraising kit to ship if the event date is moved to an earlier time. If your event day is sooner than the two-week period, make sure to mention this to the call center agent so they can expedite shipping.
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Click the "Register your School" button at the top of this page. Complete the form and you will automatically become the Event Lead. After registering, check your email inbox for further instructions on how to get started or call (800) 386-2665 to contact a St. Jude agent that can help you register and answer any questions.
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Please reach out to (800) 386-2665 to contact a St. Jude agent that will ship your St. Jude Math-A-Thon kit. The standard lead time for shipping is two weeks before your event date.
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Yes. Within the event fundraising page, you can access the dashboard and the Event Lead can download a report that will display the online and cash fundraised amounts.
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Within the Online Participant Center, the Event Lead can download a report that will display the individual totals for each participant.
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We do not recommend sending cash through the mail. We do recommend converting the pool of cash donations to a check or money order for ease of accounting. Within the Online Participant Center, the Event Lead can then use the Mobile Check Deposit tool to log check or money-order donations.
Participants
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You can opt not to redeem any prizes, and the cost savings will further drive your impact on the St. Jude mission. Please call (800) 386-2665 and let the agent know of your choice to opt out of receiving Math-A-Thon prizes or choose to opt out within the Prize Redemption email.
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The St. Jude Math-A-Thon Event Lead/contact will share a link to the event fundraising page where parents can register. This may be your child's teacher or school administrator.
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For St. Jude Math-A-Thon events that fundraised online
Each individual participant will receive an Online Prize Redemption Email Certificate from HALO Rewards within 45 days after the event. Participants will receive access to a portal to select prize(s). The standard lead time for shipping is at least two weeks.
For St. Jude Math-A-Thon events that fundraised offline
The St. Jude Math-A-Thon Event Lead will call (800) 386-2665 to request Prize Redemption Certificates for their event's participants.
Once confirmed from the call, Prize Redemption Certificates will be received in the mail. The Event Lead will distribute these to each individual participant. Each participant will then use the Prize Redemption Code to redeem prize(s) online.
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Fundraising pages are typically kept open for ten days after the Math-A-Thon event to give the Event Lead and all participants a chance to account for all remaining donations. The Event Lead can call (800) 386-2665 to request an extension, but this may delay reporting and prizes.
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Within the Online Participant Center, the Event Lead can use the Mobile Check Deposit tool to log check donations.
Need more info? Connect with us at (800) 386-2665 or mathathon@stjude.org.